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Szymon

boy name
Origin
Polish
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

he has heard (Polish form of Simon)

The story

Szymon is the Polish form of Simon. It ultimately comes from the Hebrew Shim'on, traditionally connected with the verb to hear, and it entered Polish through the same biblical and Christian history that produced Simón, Simone, and Simon elsewhere. The spelling preserves a distinctly Polish sound: the opening sz is pronounced like English sh, so Szymon begins much closer to SHIH-mon than an English reader may guess. The name has remained a mainstream choice in Poland and carries several traditional Polish name days. On this site's American curve it barely registers until the 2020s, a reminder that US data cannot measure a name's importance in its home language. Szymon is not an exotic modernization of Simon. It is an old, standard Polish form whose unfamiliarity depends entirely on where the chart is being read.

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How popular is Szymon around the world?

In the United States, 19 babies were named Szymon between 2020 and 2025. In Poland, 2,145 boys named Szymon were born in 2025, the 17th most common name among boys that year.

Szymon is on the official records of the United States, Poland, Ireland, South Australia, Austria, England and Wales and Spain.

United States

1 in 1.1M

In the United States, 19 babies were named Szymon between 2020 and 2025.

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Szymon has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Poland

1 in 110

In Poland, 2,145 boys named Szymon were born in 2025, the 17th most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 20102025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Ireland

1 in 18,000

In Ireland, 3 boys named Szymon were born in 2025, the 829th most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 20092025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Szymon in 2017.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Austria

1 in 38,000

In Austria, 2 boys named Szymon were born in 2025, ranked 1,241st among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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England and Wales

1 in 42,000

In England and Wales, 14 boys named Szymon were born in 2025, ranked 1,798th among boys that year.

1996peak 20102025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Spain

1 in 720,000

In Spain, 62 residents are named Szymon, ranked 12,256th among men, with a mean age of 26.9 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Canada

last on record 2010

Szymon is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Norway

last on record 2024

Szymon is not on the 2025 record for Norway, where names carried by fewer than 4 people in a year are withheld at source.

1970peak 20072025

share of the boys on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Scotland

last on record 2023

Szymon is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.

2000peak 20162024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Not on the record in Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.

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When you meet Szymon

Most people given the name Szymon in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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